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Cannabis (/ˈkænəbɪs/) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: Cannabis sativa, C. indica, and C. ruderalis. Alternatively, C. ruderalis may be included within C. sativa, all three may be treated as subspecies of C. sativa, or C. sativa may be accepted as a single undivided species. The genus is widely accepted as being indigenous to and originating from Asia.

The plant is also known as hemp, although this term is often used to refer only to varieties of Cannabis cultivated for non-drug use. Cannabis has long been used for hemp fibre, hemp seeds and their oils, hemp leaves for use as vegetables and as juice, medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug. Industrial hemp products are made from cannabis plants selected to produce an abundance of fibre. Various cannabis strains have been bred, often selectively to produce high or low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid and the plant's principal psychoactive constituent. Compounds such as hashish and hash oil are extracted from the plant. (Full article...)

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Cannabis in Massachusetts is legal for medical and recreational use. It also relates to the legal and cultural events surrounding the use of cannabis. A century after becoming the first U.S. state to criminalize recreational cannabis, Massachusetts voters elected to legalize it in 2016.

In 2008 Massachusetts voters decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Massachusetts became the eighteenth state to legalize medical marijuana when voters passed a ballot measure in 2012, even though the federal government still lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 controlled substance with no medical value. Recreational marijuana is legal in Massachusetts as of December 15, 2016, following a ballot initiative in November of that year. (Full article...)

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FBN public service announcement used in the late 1930s and 1940s

Credit: Federal Bureau of Narcotics

The use of cannabis and other drugs came under increasing scrutiny after the formation of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) in 1930, headed by Harry J. Anslinger as part of the government's broader push to outlaw all recreational drugs. Anslinger claimed cannabis caused people to commit violent crimes and act irrationally and overly sexual. The FBN produced propaganda films promoting Anslinger's views and Anslinger often commented to the press regarding his views on marijuana.

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Image 1Cannabis Museum in Amsterdam (from Cannabis)
Image 2White Widow (from Cannabis strain)
Image 3Cannabis indica fluid extract, American Druggists Syndicate, pre-1937 (from History of cannabis)
Image 4Cannabis sativa (from Cannabis strain)
Image 5The number of publications about marijuana/cannabis according to Web of Science (from History of cannabis)
Image 6Cannabis ruderalis (from Cannabis strain)
Image 7Evolution of cultivated cannabis strains. The cultivar, Cannabis ruderalis, still grows wild today. (from Medical cannabis)
Image 8Cannabis sativa from Vienna Dioscurides, 512 AD (from Hemp)
Image 9Hemp seed (from Hemp)
Image 10The Chinese character for hemp (麻 or má) depicts two plants under a shelter. Notably, the same character also means "numb". Cannabis cultivation dates back at least 3000 years in Taiwan. (from History of cannabis)
Image 11A hemp field in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France, which is Europe's largest hemp producer as of 2022 (from Hemp)
Image 12Relative size of cannabis types (from Cannabis strain)
Image 13Hemp and bead jewelry (from Hemp)
Image 14American medical hashish (from Medical cannabis)
Image 15A male hemp plant (from Cannabis)
Image 16Cannabis leaf pictured in the coat of arms of Kanepi Parish (from Cannabis)
Image 17Top of Cannabis plant in vegetative growth stage (from Cannabis)
Image 18Bhang eaters from India c. 1790. Bhang is an edible preparation of cannabis native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been used in food and drink as early as 1000 BC by Hindus in ancient India. (from History of cannabis)
Image 19Underside of Cannabis sativa leaf, showing diagnostic venation (from Cannabis)
Image 20Hemp rope (from Hemp)
Image 21Biodiesel sample (from Hemp)
Image 22Cannabis female flower with visible trichomes (from Cannabis)
Image 23An advertisement for cannabis americana distributed by a pharmacist in New York in 1917 (from Medical cannabis)
Image 24Comparison of physical harm and dependence regarding various drugs (from Cannabis)
Image 25Cannabis sativa stem longitudinal section (from Cannabis)
Image 26Whole hemp seeds (from Hemp)
Image 27Hemp being grown in Oregon in 2020 (from Hemp)
Image 28The use of cannabis, at least as fiber, has been shown to go back at least 10,000 years in Taiwan. "Dà má" (Pinyin pronunciation) is the Chinese expression for cannabis, the first character meaning "big" and the second character meaning "hemp". (from Medical cannabis)
Image 29Cannabis sativa from Vienna Dioscurides, AD 512 (from History of cannabis)
Image 30Cannabis growing as weeds at the foot of Dhaulagiri, Nepal (from Cannabis)
Image 31A thicket of wild cannabis in Islamabad, Pakistan (from Cannabis)
Image 32Cannabis as illustrated in Köhler's Book of Medicinal Plants, 1897 (from Medical cannabis)
Image 33Dried hemp stalks displayed at the International Hemp Fair in Vienna (from Hemp)
Image 34Japanese Shinto shrine with rope made of hemp (from Hemp)
Image 35Relative size of varieties of Cannabis (from Cannabis)
Image 36Cannabis indica (from Cannabis strain)
Image 37Harvesting hemp in the USSR, 1956 (from Hemp)
Image 38A flowering cannabis plant (from Cannabis strain)
Image 39Hulled hemp seeds (from Hemp)
Image 40Cannabis indica fluid extract, American Druggists Syndicate, pre-1937 (from Medical cannabis)
Image 41Hemp straw animal bedding (from Hemp)
Image 42The Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BCE) from Ancient Egypt has a prescription for medical marijuana applied directly for inflammation. (from Medical cannabis)
Image 43Medical marijuana dispensary in Denver, Colorado (from Medical cannabis)
Image 44Male Cannabis flower buds (from Cannabis)
Image 45A dried bud, typical of what is sold for recreational use
Image 46Dense raceme of female flowers typical of drug-type varieties of Cannabis (from Cannabis)
Image 47Legal status of (whole-plant) medical cannabis worldwide----
Legal as authorized by a physician
Legal for any use (no prescription required)
----See also countries that have decriminalized or where enforcement is limited. (from Medical cannabis)
Image 48Illustrating various forms of medicinal cannabis (from Medical cannabis)
Image 49The variety of appearances for cannabis. Only C. sativa (left) is suited for industrial hemp, but it also has medicinal varieties. (from Hemp)
Image 50Blue Dream (from Cannabis strain)
Image 51A macro image of hemp seeds (from Hemp)
Image 52Cannabis ruderalis (from Cannabis)
Image 53Sour Diesel (from Cannabis strain)

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... that the Northwest Cannabis Solutions Satsop facility is operated by the largest grower of legal cannabis in the U.S. state of Washington at the site of a canceled nuclear power plant?

... that according to his memoirs, Howard Marks concluded a drug deal at the Warwick Castle with half a consignment of Thai grass hidden in a car parked outside?

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Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?

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— Henry Ford

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